edmo:The TSA views 9-11 as an evil act by committed by pilots who were terrorists.

The TSA minions view 9/11 as an employment opportunity, freighted with obnoxious whiners and a public that doesn't know it's place. The TSA bureaucracy views 9/11 as an opportunity to exploit fear to build an empire. If you haven't read Enemies: A History of the FBI yet, that is tonight's homework.

Technically it is assault I think - Try touching a cop even after being told not to during a discussion and see what happens.

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I have never had any problems with TSA. They have a job to do and they do it to their best ability. Lines at airports would move much smoother if travelers would use common sense and show a little curiosity. Let's fight terrorism by letting TSA do their jobs! Fighting TSA only breeds fear among your fellow passengers.

During a charterd civie flight to Kuwait for an Iraq deployement, I had my nail clippers confiscated by TSA because they had a dull 1" blade on them. But I carried my rifle with me. Handed the guy the rifle, walk through the detector, get the rifle back, only to find the asshat going through my shiat. He found the clippers and said I couldn't have them because 'they were dangerous'. Never mind the fact that it was a flight charted for military only and every farking person on that flight had a gun.

But it's even crazier when they do that shiat to pilots. He's the mother farker flying the plane. All he has to do is push the stick foward. What the fark do they think he will do with a nail file?

dustman81:The people entrusted with our aviation security may have found out about the job opening while stoned and eating deliveringed pizza or pumping gas. Of course, when you scrape the bottom of the barrel, this is the result.

I will not stand here and listen to you libtards insult our last REAL Commander-in-Chief George W. Bush and his decree to create a Department of Homeland Security to protect us from terrorists. Don't you want to protect the Homeland? I sleep safer every night knowing that a federal agency of security guards is protecting us from terrorists. I also appreciate the casual reacharound they give me, but I am married so this does not mean I'm gay so stop saying that.

The cop must have been super laid back, otherwise that could have played out much differently. The cop tazes the tsa guy (he shiats himself), the pilot smashes his empty Jim Beam bottle over the cop's dome and all are blown away when the swat team arrives.

Requiring pilots to go through TSA passenger screening is totally stupid, and no amount of "that's the rules, deal with it" makes it less stupid. It's the level of stupid rulemaker that undermines the legitimacy of the rulemaker. The TSA isn't doing their job if they have this rule.

FabulousFreep:If you are a Government employee and someone asks your name and you refuse to give it, that should be an automatic firing.

I completely agree. If you are there in a position of authority speaking for the government, refusing to give your name when asked should be an automatic firing with zero chance of being rehired in the future/with another government entity. You are NOT above the people that you're working for.

LeroyBourne:The cop must have been super laid back, otherwise that could have played out much differently. The cop tazes the tsa guy (he shiats himself), the pilot smashes his empty Jim Beam bottle over the cop's dome and all are blown away when the swat team arrives.

Please start a crowd source to pay for that scene in animated form. I'm thinking totally freehand sketch with watercolor./People call people and lunch happens.

I have never had any problems with TSA. They have a job to do and they do it to their best ability. Lines at airports would move much smoother if travelers would use common sense and show a little curiosity. Let's fight terrorism by letting TSA do their jobs! Fighting TSA only breeds fear among your fellow passengers.

MythDragon:During a charterd civie flight to Kuwait for an Iraq deployement, I had my nail clippers confiscated by TSA because they had a dull 1" blade on them. But I carried my rifle with me. Handed the guy the rifle, walk through the detector, get the rifle back, only to find the asshat going through my shiat. He found the clippers and said I couldn't have them because 'they were dangerous'. Never mind the fact that it was a flight charted for military only and every farking person on that flight had a gun.

But it's even crazier when they do that shiat to pilots. He's the mother farker flying the plane. All he has to do is push the stick foward. What the fark do they think he will do with a nail file?

MythDragon: During a charterd civie flight to Kuwait for an Iraq deployement, I had my nail clippers confiscated by TSA because they had a dull 1" blade on them. But I carried my rifle with me. Handed the guy the rifle, walk through the detector, get the rifle back, only to find the asshat going through my shiat. He found the clippers and said I couldn't have them because 'they were dangerous'. Never mind the fact that it was a flight charted for military only and every farking person on that flight had a gun.

But it's even crazier when they do that shiat to pilots. He's the mother farker flying the plane. All he has to do is push the stick foward. What the fark do they think he will do with a nail file?

I'm betting you had a difficult childhood with authority figures.

Do you know how much authority the TSA has? Zero. They are not law enforcement. Just because they wear a badge and an uniform doesn't make them a cop. They are more concerned with checking for fake/expired IDs and bottles of water than focusing on actual security.

He was boarding an aircraft with a rifle, along with other military servicemen who were armed, and the TSA took his nail clipper because they thought it was a threat. That is what most people call "asinine".

Let me tell you why there will never be another hijacking. Not because of the TSA, but because of the passengers. If someone tries to hijack another plane, the passengers will stand up and beat the shiat out of the guy(s). The old rules of hijacking are out the window. Passengers will no longer be compliant. They will fight because they know what will happen if they don't.

MythDragon:During a charterd civie flight to Kuwait for an Iraq deployement, I had my nail clippers confiscated by TSA because they had a dull 1" blade on them. But I carried my rifle with me. Handed the guy the rifle, walk through the detector, get the rifle back, only to find the asshat going through my shiat. He found the clippers and said I couldn't have them because 'they were dangerous'. Never mind the fact that it was a flight charted for military only and every farking person on that flight had a gun.

But it's even crazier when they do that shiat to pilots. He's the mother farker flying the plane. All he has to do is push the stick foward. What the fark do they think he will do with a nail file?

RoyBatty:MythDragon: During a charterd civie flight to Kuwait for an Iraq deployement, I had my nail clippers confiscated by TSA because they had a dull 1" blade on them. But I carried my rifle with me. Handed the guy the rifle, walk through the detector, get the rifle back, only to find the asshat going through my shiat. He found the clippers and said I couldn't have them because 'they were dangerous'. Never mind the fact that it was a flight charted for military only and every farking person on that flight had a gun.

But it's even crazier when they do that shiat to pilots. He's the mother farker flying the plane. All he has to do is push the stick foward. What the fark do they think he will do with a nail file?

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I'm pretty sure I wasn't the only one, asshole.Only they took mine BEFORE I left.

MythDragon:RoyBatty: MythDragon: During a charterd civie flight to Kuwait for an Iraq deployement, I had my nail clippers confiscated by TSA because they had a dull 1" blade on them. But I carried my rifle with me. Handed the guy the rifle, walk through the detector, get the rifle back, only to find the asshat going through my shiat. He found the clippers and said I couldn't have them because 'they were dangerous'. Never mind the fact that it was a flight charted for military only and every farking person on that flight had a gun.

But it's even crazier when they do that shiat to pilots. He's the mother farker flying the plane. All he has to do is push the stick foward. What the fark do they think he will do with a nail file?

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I'm pretty sure I wasn't the only one, asshole.Only they took mine BEFORE I left.

MythDragon:RoyBatty: MythDragon: During a charterd civie flight to Kuwait for an Iraq deployement, I had my nail clippers confiscated by TSA because they had a dull 1" blade on them. But I carried my rifle with me. Handed the guy the rifle, walk through the detector, get the rifle back, only to find the asshat going through my shiat. He found the clippers and said I couldn't have them because 'they were dangerous'. Never mind the fact that it was a flight charted for military only and every farking person on that flight had a gun.

But it's even crazier when they do that shiat to pilots. He's the mother farker flying the plane. All he has to do is push the stick foward. What the fark do they think he will do with a nail file?

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I'm pretty sure I wasn't the only one, asshole.Only they took mine BEFORE I left.

You should certainly write in to Snopes so they can change this from Undetermined to True.

RoyBatty:MythDragon: During a charterd civie flight to Kuwait for an Iraq deployement, I had my nail clippers confiscated by TSA because they had a dull 1" blade on them. But I carried my rifle with me. Handed the guy the rifle, walk through the detector, get the rifle back, only to find the asshat going through my shiat. He found the clippers and said I couldn't have them because 'they were dangerous'. Never mind the fact that it was a flight charted for military only and every farking person on that flight had a gun.

But it's even crazier when they do that shiat to pilots. He's the mother farker flying the plane. All he has to do is push the stick foward. What the fark do they think he will do with a nail file?

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We had to check our Gerbers and knives, etc., when I flew to Kuwait on deployment in '05. But we carried our rifles, grenade launchers, and machine guns (249s, 240Bs).

My fiancée deployed around the same time as I (before we met) and she just told me she remembers the same.

I think it's only been very recently since TSA exempted pilots from screening, and it's probably for reasons such as this, where screeners with no freedom for discretion or common sense have had to waylay pilots for carrying on "prohibited items," despite the obvious fact that they don't have to storm their own cockpit to hijack the plane.

edmo:Normal people view 9-11 as an evil act by committed by terrorists who hijacked airplanes.

The TSA views 9-11 as an evil act by committed by pilots who were terrorists.

And so it's been for 11 years now.

You know what's really ridiculous? I've flown (myself as the pilot) into the Washington SFRA. I'm ASEL, ASES, AGI, IFR, plus various endorsements, commercial ticket private pilot. I've been vetted by at least 8 different agencies to make sure I'm not a risk to security. (work)

The TSA still treats me like a criminal every time I have to fly commercial.

My wife and I had problems opting out of scanners at MHT. The rentarapists they had there just stared through us when we tried to opt out.

Me: "May I opt out of this?"

Officer Friendly: "Yes"

... continued staring straight ahead (I am way taller than this guy, so he's basically staring me right in the chin) ...

Me: after uncomfortable pause "Sooo.... how do I go about doing that then?"

They really just try to herd you through the magic box. I want to stand there and make them touch me. I want them to have to violate my person, because years hence, I want to maximize the shame with which we collectively look back upon "Airport Security".

MythDragon: During a charterd civie flight to Kuwait for an Iraq deployement, I had my nail clippers confiscated by TSA because they had a dull 1" blade on them. But I carried my rifle with me. Handed the guy the rifle, walk through the detector, get the rifle back, only to find the asshat going through my shiat. He found the clippers and said I couldn't have them because 'they were dangerous'. Never mind the fact that it was a flight charted for military only and every farking person on that flight had a gun.

But it's even crazier when they do that shiat to pilots. He's the mother farker flying the plane. All he has to do is push the stick foward. What the fark do they think he will do with a nail file?

I'm betting you had a difficult childhood with authority figures.

Do you know how much authority the TSA has? Zero. They are not law enforcement. Just because they wear a badge and an uniform doesn't make them a cop. They are more concerned with checking for fake/expired IDs and bottles of water than focusing on actual security.

He was boarding an aircraft with a rifle, along with other military servicemen who were armed, and the TSA took his nail clipper because they thought it was a threat. That is what most people call "asinine".

Let me tell you why there will never be another hijacking. Not because of the TSA, but because of the passengers. If someone tries to hijack another plane, the passengers will stand up and beat the shiat out of the guy(s). The old rules of hijacking are out the window. Passengers will no longer be compliant. They will fight because they know what will happen if they don't.

snocone:I sincerely hope there is a just reward for the dipchits that are willing do the work of a TSO to their fellow citizens for an few crummy dollars.

/obscene and disgusting, these people are the problem//snakes are snakes and politicians are politicians, but TSOs are traitors

I am not a traitor. I am a fellow citizen. I treat everyone with the upmost respect and dignity when I do my job.

myislanduniverse:My fiancée deployed around the same time as I (before we met) and she just told me she remembers the same.

I think it's only been very recently since TSA exempted pilots from screening, and it's probably for reasons such as this, where screeners with no freedom for discretion or common sense have had to waylay pilots for carrying on "prohibited items," despite the obvious fact that they don't have to storm their own cockpit to hijack the plane.

You are talking about Known Crew Member. It is a checkpoint for Pilots to pass through if they have certain credentials, they are exempted from screening. It is only in its pilot program, however They are looking to expand it and start allowing Flight Attendants to use it also.